TEENAGERS’ ACTIONS AND INTERACTIONS ONLINE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. POTENTIALS AND EMPOWERMENT, RISKS AND VICTIMIZATION

The idea that the new communication technologies are able to create new social practices and to shape human behavior has stirred up multiple controversies and radically opposed side takings, especially when it comes to certain social-demographic categories seen as “risk-prone”. Recent tendencies in the evolution of computer mediated technology and web content have led to the rejection of a rigid technological determinism and instead, they have shifted the discourse towards a consideration of various influences on behavior and actions, both online and offline.